Overview

We offer a History of Art and Architecture program designed to train scholars who will lead the way in advancing and disseminating art-historical knowledge, whether in research universities, teaching colleges, museums and galleries, or other related professions.

Research

Our program at the University of Pittsburgh is based in research Constellations that encourage idea-driven scholarship and interdisciplinary work. These Constellations unite faculty and graduate students around shared intellectual questions and interpretative approaches, meant to be flexible and evolving.

At the same time, the program recognizes that in-depth knowledge of particular historical and geographical areas remains the foundation of any serious intellectual inquiry in our discipline.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

History and Ethics of Collecting and Collections
Constellations of Art History: Agency and the Practice of Art History
Cultural Identities in Medieval Europe
Image, Art, Thing in the Renaissance
Queer Modernisms
Configuring Disciplines: Representation in the Human and Natural Sciences
Studies in Visual Knowledge
Embodying Empire in the Atlantic World
Cosmopolitan Visions
Urban Modernities

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-12-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

72 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Art History View 41 other PhDs in Art History in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed application form
Personal statement
Transcripts
Three letters of recommendation
International students: evidence of English Language Proficiency
A sample of academic or scholarly work

Tuition Fee

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International

43804 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 43804 USD per year during 60 months.
National

43804 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 43804 USD per year during 60 months.
In-State

25834 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 25834 USD per year during 60 months.

Living costs for Pittsburgh

1148 - 1944 USD /month

Living costs

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Scholarships Information

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